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the colgate maroon founded 1868 vol lxxxvii colgate university hamilton n v september 29 1954 no l 2 afrotc staff changes reported the afrotc unit was given a rating of outstanding as a re sult of an annual survey con ducted by a team of air force officers last spring announced audley c mcdonald profes sor of air science and tactics and commandant of the unit ranked third among a group of approximately 30 colleges and universities inspected by this particular team of officers the unit received one of the highest possible ratings in the motiva tion for flight training cate gory according to mcdonald all 82 physically - qualified seniors applied last year for flight training and have been ac cepted or soon will be among the other categories rated highly were facilities parade performance in serv vicc education and logistical support the latter reflects the close cooperation extended by officials at the griffiss air force base in rome currently there are 424 stu dents enrolled in the afrotc the total enrollment of the col program this figure includes 110 seniors 71 juniors 102 soph omores and 141 freshmen hamilton high school offers typing course to colgate students an evening class in typing which will be open to all colgate ptudents will be organized thursday oct 7 at 7:30 p m at the hamilton high school the free course is sponsored under the adult education pro gram of the high school miss doris newsome an instructor at the high school will teach the course which will give not only fundmentals to the beginner but also speed drill and instruc tion in letter form to the more advanced student the regular meeting time for the class will be decided at the organizational meeting since the number of the ma chines is limited registra tion for the class might have to be put on a first come first served basis said rodney pierce director of the program how ever he continued if enough came to the first meeting it is possible that the group might be split into two sections additional information can be secured at hamilton high school graduate study grants listed application forms for ful bright and the buenos aires convention grants to do gradu ate study under the interna tional exchange program of the united states government next fall may be obtained now ac cording to james a storing professor of political science the deadline for applications which is open only to seniors is oct 31 the program was originated after the second world war un der terms of agreement with for eign countries for settlement of united states materials left in those countries after the war the objectives of the program are to promote better under standing of the united states abroad to increase mutual un derstanding between the people of the united states and the people of other countries as well as to afford an opportunity to study in a foreign country the eligibility requirements are that first the candidate must be a citizen of the united states that second he must hold a college degree or its equivalent at the time the award is to be taken up that third he must have knowledge of the lan guage of the country sufficient to carry on the proposed study and that fourth he must be in good health under the terms of the award a student's costs are cov ered for transportation expenses of a language refresher or ori entation course abroad tuition books and maintenance for one academic year the maintenance allowance is based on living cost in the country in which the award is made study under the fulbright grant may be made in these james 11 storing commons club attains highest 1953-54 scholastic average for the second straight year the colgate commons club has attained the highest scholastic average of the fifteen fraterni ties on campus for the academic year of 1953-54 kdr was sec ond again this year and phi tau third rank fraternity i 1 commons cltih 2 kappa delta rho 3 phi kappa tau 4 colony of tau kappa epsilon r alpha tau omega 6 phi gamma delta 7 sigma nu 8 delta upsilon 9 phi delta theta 10 beta theta pi 11 theta chi 12 lambda chi alpha 13 phi kappa psi 14 sigma chi 15 delta kappa epsilon r not listed below is the colgate j independent organization which j had a standing of 2.6520 which - would have placed them fourth j among the fraternities committees are announced semester activities outlined by bill baxter 56 faulkner suggests activities card urges greater frosh representation lee faulkner 55 president of the student senate delivered a state of the union address monday evening outlining the jobs of the various committees for the coming year and setting forth faulkner stated that an activi ty ticket or card should be cre ated which could also be used for identification purposes this would replace the cumbersome folder now in use he added that an amendment to the constitution should be made to provide for greater freshman representation and an earlier election date than mid december pre-law society faulkner proposed that the academic committee look into the possibility and advisability of creating a pre-law society in memory of robert sewall greg ory 37 gregory who was killed during the battle of the bulge during world war 11 com piled an outstanding record both here and at harvard law school the president further sug gested that the committee con sider the advisability of a course in parlimentary procedure to be taught by either the english or po'itical science departments the course would be beneficial for democratic self-government and citizenship added faulkner in compliance with article one of the senate referendum requir ing that all social organizations submit a list of restrictions on membership faulkner set nov 15 as the deadline for such lists in addition to the list all houses must submit a two-year program in which they outline the efforts they will make to remove the re strictions a committee consist ing of six si indent senators and members of the i f c will re ceive and review the proposals prior to submitting them to the senate undergraduate life commit lee faulkner freshmen banquet to feature smith as guest lecturer the freshman class will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 p m in the chapel announced tim o'neil 57 president of the coun cil the meeting represents the first of a series of meetings to be held bi-monthly during the school year this o'neil ex plained is the result of action taken last year by the frosh council the purpose of the meetings will be to maintain throughout the year the spirit of unity instilled in the fresh man class during orientation week o'neil continued tonight's meeting will be pre sided over by guy martin presi dent of the class of 1957 the featured speaker will be robert smith associate chaplain who will orient the class in the role of the university church in the life of the undergraduate also on the program will be o'neil and lee faulkner 55 president of the student senate while the freshman band will be on hand to provide music for songs and cheers revamped east hall is open to visitors an open house for students faculty ard residents of the hamilton area will be held sun day afternoon from 4 to 6 p m by freshmen living in east hall to display their newly renovated quarters and the remodeled campus store this will be the first oppor tunity for residents of hamil ton and many members of the faculty to inspect the building which has been under recon struction since february west hall which is also being re modeled will not be ready for occupancy by students until later in the semester refreshments will be served during the open house in the new parent's lounge on the main floor this room made possible by gifts from parents will provide lounge facilities for students living in the building so that dormitory rooms will be more available for study pur poses west hall will include a similar room when it is fin ished east hall was built in 1834 and with west hall which was constructed seven years earlier comprised the entire dormitory and instructural facilities of the institution then known as madi son university for over twenty five years the original cost of constructing the building was 6000 which was also the ap proximate cost of remodeling the steps its remodeling which left the outer walls intact cost 180,750 thirty thousand dol lars was expended for furniture for the two buildings as much as possible construc tion work on the building was done by local journeymen and many of the materials were bought locally the keller man ufacturing co of oneida sup plied much of the furniture maynard's of hamilton fur nished the proctor's room on the first floor which is occupied by raymond mclntyre a precep tor who will be in charge of stu dents in the building admissions staff plans eastern trip the admission staff will begin its annual series of visits to high schools and prep schools with an extensive tour of new england oct 11-19 announced robert howard assistant dean of ad missions during the trip the following areas will be covered connecti cut rhode island the greater boston area kimbull union academy the connecticut river valley and pittsfield students are urged to contact either william f griffith as sociate dean and director of ad missions or howard if they know of any students in the new england area who are interested in attending colgate northern new jersey will be visited in late october saturday hourly examinations announced for rotc cores willam j everts registrar has announced the schedule of saturday hour examinations for core courses and air science for the fall semester everts explained that these dates were arrived at last spring by a specially appointed faculty committee in conjunction with representatives for the student senate this action followed the approval by the board of trus tees of the faculty's recommen dation to continue the five-day class week with a minimum of four saturdays each semester reserved for hour examinations in core courses and air science everts also stated that other multiple section courses are free to schedule examinations on these dates when possible how ever no academic appointments would be scheduled on sept 26 oct 30 nov 6 and nov 13 during the spring semester the dates for hour examinations will be feb 26 march 12 april 16 and 23 the dates with no academic appointments are feb 12 feb 19 march 5 april 30 and may 7 the detailed schedule for the fall semester 1954 will be continued on page 4 continued on page 8 below are the academic stand ings of the fraternities for last pledges pledges pledges included excluded only 2i328 3.0191 1 2.7135 1 2.6625 2.7830 2 2.2934 7 2.5932 2.6261 6 2.5132 2 2.5716 2.6492 5 2.3694 4 2.5581 2.6542 3 2.3721 3 2.5527 2.6494 4 2.3069 5 2.4879 2.5505 7 2.2857 8 2.3554 2.3727 9 2.3062 6 2.3490 2.4030 8 2.1943 11 2.3263 2.3601 11 2.2465 9 2.2888 2.3150 12 2.2123 10 2.2380 2.3069 13 2.0757 12 2.2249 2.3699 10 1.8787 15 2.1844 2.3055 14 1.9401 14 2.1625 2.1969 15 1.9934 13 i 1 i % r f october 9 october 16 october 23 november 20 december 4 december 11 january 8 8:30 8:30 9:40 10:50 8:30 9:40 10:50 8:30 9:40 8:30 9:40 10:50 8:30 9:40 10:50 9:40 core 1 cores 2 and 11 air science 101 air science 201 core 5 air science 401 cores 7 and 10 cores 9 and 13 air science 301 core 5 anthropology 201 air science 101 and 201 core 7 air science 301 and 401 cores 11 and 13 cores 2 and 9 core 10 anthropology 201

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the colgate maroon founded 1868 vol lxxxvii colgate university hamilton n v september 29 1954 no l 2 afrotc staff changes reported the afrotc unit was given a rating of outstanding as a re sult of an annual survey con ducted by a team of air force officers last spring announced audley c mcdonald profes sor of air science and tactics and commandant of the unit ranked third among a group of approximately 30 colleges and universities inspected by this particular team of officers the unit received one of the highest possible ratings in the motiva tion for flight training cate gory according to mcdonald all 82 physically - qualified seniors applied last year for flight training and have been ac cepted or soon will be among the other categories rated highly were facilities parade performance in serv vicc education and logistical support the latter reflects the close cooperation extended by officials at the griffiss air force base in rome currently there are 424 stu dents enrolled in the afrotc the total enrollment of the col program this figure includes 110 seniors 71 juniors 102 soph omores and 141 freshmen hamilton high school offers typing course to colgate students an evening class in typing which will be open to all colgate ptudents will be organized thursday oct 7 at 7:30 p m at the hamilton high school the free course is sponsored under the adult education pro gram of the high school miss doris newsome an instructor at the high school will teach the course which will give not only fundmentals to the beginner but also speed drill and instruc tion in letter form to the more advanced student the regular meeting time for the class will be decided at the organizational meeting since the number of the ma chines is limited registra tion for the class might have to be put on a first come first served basis said rodney pierce director of the program how ever he continued if enough came to the first meeting it is possible that the group might be split into two sections additional information can be secured at hamilton high school graduate study grants listed application forms for ful bright and the buenos aires convention grants to do gradu ate study under the interna tional exchange program of the united states government next fall may be obtained now ac cording to james a storing professor of political science the deadline for applications which is open only to seniors is oct 31 the program was originated after the second world war un der terms of agreement with for eign countries for settlement of united states materials left in those countries after the war the objectives of the program are to promote better under standing of the united states abroad to increase mutual un derstanding between the people of the united states and the people of other countries as well as to afford an opportunity to study in a foreign country the eligibility requirements are that first the candidate must be a citizen of the united states that second he must hold a college degree or its equivalent at the time the award is to be taken up that third he must have knowledge of the lan guage of the country sufficient to carry on the proposed study and that fourth he must be in good health under the terms of the award a student's costs are cov ered for transportation expenses of a language refresher or ori entation course abroad tuition books and maintenance for one academic year the maintenance allowance is based on living cost in the country in which the award is made study under the fulbright grant may be made in these james 11 storing commons club attains highest 1953-54 scholastic average for the second straight year the colgate commons club has attained the highest scholastic average of the fifteen fraterni ties on campus for the academic year of 1953-54 kdr was sec ond again this year and phi tau third rank fraternity i 1 commons cltih 2 kappa delta rho 3 phi kappa tau 4 colony of tau kappa epsilon r alpha tau omega 6 phi gamma delta 7 sigma nu 8 delta upsilon 9 phi delta theta 10 beta theta pi 11 theta chi 12 lambda chi alpha 13 phi kappa psi 14 sigma chi 15 delta kappa epsilon r not listed below is the colgate j independent organization which j had a standing of 2.6520 which - would have placed them fourth j among the fraternities committees are announced semester activities outlined by bill baxter 56 faulkner suggests activities card urges greater frosh representation lee faulkner 55 president of the student senate delivered a state of the union address monday evening outlining the jobs of the various committees for the coming year and setting forth faulkner stated that an activi ty ticket or card should be cre ated which could also be used for identification purposes this would replace the cumbersome folder now in use he added that an amendment to the constitution should be made to provide for greater freshman representation and an earlier election date than mid december pre-law society faulkner proposed that the academic committee look into the possibility and advisability of creating a pre-law society in memory of robert sewall greg ory 37 gregory who was killed during the battle of the bulge during world war 11 com piled an outstanding record both here and at harvard law school the president further sug gested that the committee con sider the advisability of a course in parlimentary procedure to be taught by either the english or po'itical science departments the course would be beneficial for democratic self-government and citizenship added faulkner in compliance with article one of the senate referendum requir ing that all social organizations submit a list of restrictions on membership faulkner set nov 15 as the deadline for such lists in addition to the list all houses must submit a two-year program in which they outline the efforts they will make to remove the re strictions a committee consist ing of six si indent senators and members of the i f c will re ceive and review the proposals prior to submitting them to the senate undergraduate life commit lee faulkner freshmen banquet to feature smith as guest lecturer the freshman class will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 p m in the chapel announced tim o'neil 57 president of the coun cil the meeting represents the first of a series of meetings to be held bi-monthly during the school year this o'neil ex plained is the result of action taken last year by the frosh council the purpose of the meetings will be to maintain throughout the year the spirit of unity instilled in the fresh man class during orientation week o'neil continued tonight's meeting will be pre sided over by guy martin presi dent of the class of 1957 the featured speaker will be robert smith associate chaplain who will orient the class in the role of the university church in the life of the undergraduate also on the program will be o'neil and lee faulkner 55 president of the student senate while the freshman band will be on hand to provide music for songs and cheers revamped east hall is open to visitors an open house for students faculty ard residents of the hamilton area will be held sun day afternoon from 4 to 6 p m by freshmen living in east hall to display their newly renovated quarters and the remodeled campus store this will be the first oppor tunity for residents of hamil ton and many members of the faculty to inspect the building which has been under recon struction since february west hall which is also being re modeled will not be ready for occupancy by students until later in the semester refreshments will be served during the open house in the new parent's lounge on the main floor this room made possible by gifts from parents will provide lounge facilities for students living in the building so that dormitory rooms will be more available for study pur poses west hall will include a similar room when it is fin ished east hall was built in 1834 and with west hall which was constructed seven years earlier comprised the entire dormitory and instructural facilities of the institution then known as madi son university for over twenty five years the original cost of constructing the building was 6000 which was also the ap proximate cost of remodeling the steps its remodeling which left the outer walls intact cost 180,750 thirty thousand dol lars was expended for furniture for the two buildings as much as possible construc tion work on the building was done by local journeymen and many of the materials were bought locally the keller man ufacturing co of oneida sup plied much of the furniture maynard's of hamilton fur nished the proctor's room on the first floor which is occupied by raymond mclntyre a precep tor who will be in charge of stu dents in the building admissions staff plans eastern trip the admission staff will begin its annual series of visits to high schools and prep schools with an extensive tour of new england oct 11-19 announced robert howard assistant dean of ad missions during the trip the following areas will be covered connecti cut rhode island the greater boston area kimbull union academy the connecticut river valley and pittsfield students are urged to contact either william f griffith as sociate dean and director of ad missions or howard if they know of any students in the new england area who are interested in attending colgate northern new jersey will be visited in late october saturday hourly examinations announced for rotc cores willam j everts registrar has announced the schedule of saturday hour examinations for core courses and air science for the fall semester everts explained that these dates were arrived at last spring by a specially appointed faculty committee in conjunction with representatives for the student senate this action followed the approval by the board of trus tees of the faculty's recommen dation to continue the five-day class week with a minimum of four saturdays each semester reserved for hour examinations in core courses and air science everts also stated that other multiple section courses are free to schedule examinations on these dates when possible how ever no academic appointments would be scheduled on sept 26 oct 30 nov 6 and nov 13 during the spring semester the dates for hour examinations will be feb 26 march 12 april 16 and 23 the dates with no academic appointments are feb 12 feb 19 march 5 april 30 and may 7 the detailed schedule for the fall semester 1954 will be continued on page 4 continued on page 8 below are the academic stand ings of the fraternities for last pledges pledges pledges included excluded only 2i328 3.0191 1 2.7135 1 2.6625 2.7830 2 2.2934 7 2.5932 2.6261 6 2.5132 2 2.5716 2.6492 5 2.3694 4 2.5581 2.6542 3 2.3721 3 2.5527 2.6494 4 2.3069 5 2.4879 2.5505 7 2.2857 8 2.3554 2.3727 9 2.3062 6 2.3490 2.4030 8 2.1943 11 2.3263 2.3601 11 2.2465 9 2.2888 2.3150 12 2.2123 10 2.2380 2.3069 13 2.0757 12 2.2249 2.3699 10 1.8787 15 2.1844 2.3055 14 1.9401 14 2.1625 2.1969 15 1.9934 13 i 1 i % r f october 9 october 16 october 23 november 20 december 4 december 11 january 8 8:30 8:30 9:40 10:50 8:30 9:40 10:50 8:30 9:40 8:30 9:40 10:50 8:30 9:40 10:50 9:40 core 1 cores 2 and 11 air science 101 air science 201 core 5 air science 401 cores 7 and 10 cores 9 and 13 air science 301 core 5 anthropology 201 air science 101 and 201 core 7 air science 301 and 401 cores 11 and 13 cores 2 and 9 core 10 anthropology 201